The StretchDesign Editor: Panels, Canvas, and Toolbar

Overview

The editor is where you actually build a design. It's organized around a central canvas with panels on the sides for adding content, arranging it, and exporting the result. This tour walks through each area so you know where every tool lives.

The canvas

The canvas is the artboard in the middle of the screen — the design surface itself.

• Zoom and pan. Zoom in for precise work and out to see the whole layout. Pan by dragging the empty space around the canvas.
• Pages. A design can contain multiple pages (artboards). Use the page controls to add, switch between, and reorder pages — handy for multi-slide or multi-format projects.
• Selection. Click an element to select it; drag to move it; use the corner handles to resize and rotate.

The content panels (left)

These panels add things to the canvas:

• Templates — browse starter layouts by category and drop one onto your design.
• Elements — add shapes (rectangles, ellipses, lines), frames, tables, QR codes, and charts. Frames are useful as image placeholders.
• Text — add headings, subheadings, and body text. Each text element can be styled: font, size, weight, color, alignment, and spacing.
• Uploads — your organization's shared library of uploaded images and logos. Drag any asset onto the canvas.
• Brand Kit — your saved brand colors, fonts, and logo, available for one-click application so everything stays on-brand.

The arrangement panels (right)

These panels control how selected elements sit and stack:

• Layers — the stacking order of every element on the current page. Reorder to bring items forward or send them back, and select hard-to-click elements from the list.
• Position — precise placement: X/Y coordinates, width and height, rotation, and alignment (left, center, right, top, middle, bottom) relative to the canvas or other elements.

The toolbar and top bar

• Design name — click to rename; saves automatically.
• Undo / redo — step backward and forward through your edits.
• Export — download the design as PNG, JPG, SVG, or PDF.
• Present — run the design full-screen, page by page, for a live presentation.
• Comments — open the comment thread to leave and resolve feedback (see the collaboration guide).
• Version history — open the timeline of automatic snapshots.

Step-by-step: place and style your first element

1. Open a design in the editor.
2. Open the Text panel and click a heading style. A text box appears on the canvas.
3. Double-click the text box and type your headline.
4. With the text still selected, use the text options to set the font, size, and color. Apply a brand color from the Brand Kit panel if you have one.
5. Open the Position panel to center the heading horizontally.
6. Open Layers to confirm it sits above the background.
7. Your changes autosave; a version is recorded.

Realistic example

You're building an event flyer. From Elements you drop a rectangle as a colored banner across the top, then send it to the back in Layers. From Text you add the event name over the banner and set it to your brand font from the Brand Kit panel. From Uploads you drag in the venue photo and use Position to snap it to the bottom edge. From Elements you add a QR code that links to the ticket page. Finally you Export as PDF for print and PNG for social.

Tips

• Learn Layers early — most "I can't select this" and "this is hidden behind that" problems are solved there.
• Use Position for pixel-precise alignment instead of eyeballing drags.
• Group related elements before moving them so the layout stays intact.
• Present mode is a fast way to preview a multi-page design exactly as your audience will see it.

Troubleshooting

I can't click an element. It may be behind another element. Select it from the Layers panel instead.

My change disappeared. Use undo, or open version history and restore the last good snapshot.

The canvas feels cramped. Zoom out, and use Present mode to preview the true full-size result.